It's actually very useful and increases productivity. The spinning cube, for
example, allows me to see live previews of other workspaces without leaving
the existing one.

Recent:

Compiz Fusion Stackswitch: Another Application Switcher

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| Compiz Fusion on Linux has definitely received a lot of attention because of
| their innovative thinking, and the latest thing to come out of their lab is a
| plugin called Stackswitch. To put it simply it is an application switcher,
| but it comes packed with pizzazz. Once it’s activated it angles all of your
| windows so that it appears as though they are laying flat on a table that’s
| sitting in front of you, and the window you currently have selected stands up
| straight to draw more attention. Some aspects are also configurable, such as
| the angle at which the windows lie down.
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| If the Linux community wants to wipe Windows and Mac out of the OS business
| all they need to do in focus all of their collective efforts on developing
| Compiz. With the combine intelligence of hundreds of thousands of nerds we
| could develop the most pimped out windows management system known to mankind.
| The kids don’t want stability, they want an OS w/ rims that spin.
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